July 25 is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1654 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (d. 1728) 1657 – Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (d. 1714) 1658 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (d. 1703) 1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and writer (d. 1778) 1848 – Arthur Balfour, British politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930) 1883 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (d. 1947) 1906 – Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist (d. 1970) 1925 – Benny Benjamin, American drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1969) 1927 – Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (d. 1982) 1934 – Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1978) 1941 – Manny Charlton, Spanish-Scottish guitarist (Nazareth and Manny Charlton Band) 1943 – Jim McCarty, English singer and musician (The Yardbirds, Renaissance, and Illusion) 1946 – José Areas, Nicaraguan musician (Santana) 1946 – Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer (I Threes) 1951 – Verdine White, American bass player and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire) 1955 – Iman, Somali model and actress 1973 – Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter, actor, and author (Cradle of Filth) 1973 – Hu Jia, Chinese activist and dissident 1978 – Louise Brown, British test tube baby 1981 – Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer
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